Introduction
This portfolio contains work produced while studying as a Master of Urban Planning candidate at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.
This portfolio demonstrates each of the following skills gained through assignments under VIS 2128: Spatial Analysis:
- Displaying multiple vector layers on the same map
- Calculating and displaying relationships among point and polygon layers based on distance
- Aggregating point data to a layer of polygons
- Calculating and displaying accessibility, based on travel time
- Converting between raster layers and vector layers
- Displaying raster data on a map
- Georeferencing a raster image
- Displaying data on an interactive map
Unless otherwise noted, all work presented below is my own and was created using publicly-available data sources.
National-Level Map
U.S. Same-Sex Households Map
This interactive map demonstrates the following skills:
- Displaying data on an interactive map
Interactive Map
Data Maps of U.S. Cities
Cambridge Map
This map demonstrates the following skills:
- Displaying multiple vector layers on the same map
This map shows the locations of playgrounds throughout the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts plotted amongst the city’s greenspace and divided by neighborhood ward.
Detroit Maps
Accessibility
This map demonstrates the following skills:
- Converting between raster layers and vector layers
- Displaying multiple vector layers on the same map
- Calculating and displaying accessibility, based on travel time
- Displaying raster data on a map
These maps of Detroit, Michigan show the relative distance and accessibility of the city’s libraries as reachable by bicycling. Data is from the City of Detroit.
This first map is an isochrone vector layer showing the number of libraries reacheable within a 20-minute bicycle ride.
This next map takes the vector information from the first map and superimposes it over a raster layer showing Detroit’s street network. Additionally, by using r5rcore's exponential decay travel time calculation, this map shows a relative accessibility ‘score’ for library access via bicycling.
Boston Map
This map demonstrates the following skills:
- Aggregating point data to a layer of polygons
- Calculating and displaying relationships among point and polygon layers based on distance
This map of Boston, Massachusetts shows the placement of the city’s publicly-accessible ev stations in relation to the city’s libraries.
Philadelphia Map
This map demonstrates the following skills:
- Georeferencing a raster image
This map of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania shows the city’s modern day neighborhoods and transit infrastructure superimposed over a GIS-georeferenced map of the city’s historic environs around 1779.
